Sr Front End Developer

at  Cognizant Technology Solutions

SR FRONT END DEVELOPER

At Cognizant, our global community sets us apart—an energetic, collaborative, and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. And with projects at the forefront of innovation, you can build a varied, rewarding career and draw inspiration from dedicated colleagues and leaders. Cognizant is right where you belong.

Additionally, the following experience and skills would be considered an asset:

• Cloud Technologies (i.e., Azure, AWS)
• Experience with big/distributed/non-relational data technologies (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, Cassandra).
• Integration with vendor products and experience working with Third Party external companies

ROLE OVERVIEW

Sr Front End Developer is responsible for developing new user-facing features, determining the structure and design of web pages, building reusable codes, optimizing page loading times, and using a variety of markup languages to create the web pages.

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE ROLE

• 7+ relevant experience with Web Application Design/Development - JSP, XML, XSL, Java Script, Single-page-applications, AngularJS, RWD, HTML 5
• Experience and comfort level acting as a subject matter expert and consultant.
• Experience with JavaEE frameworks (i.e., Spring, Struts)
• Experience with Tomcat, Websphere (7+), JBoss runtime environments.
• Experience with Web Services Design/Development - SOAP, JAX-WS, JAXB2, JAX-RS, REST, Web API
• Unix shell scripting (i.e., Bash, Korn), Cloudify, TOSCA Blueprints, Batch Scheduler like Autosys
• Experience with Agile delivery methodology, particularly Scrum or a derivation (e.g., Product Backlog Definition, User Stories Estimation and Prioritization methodologies, Task Breakdown, Sprint Planning, Sprint Retrospective), and related tools (e.g., Confluence, JIRA)
• Experience with continuous integration and delivery methodologies and tooling (e.g., Maven, Nexus, Jenkins)
• Experience with IBM Rational Application Developer 8+, Eclipse 4.4+, GIT (Stash), Bitbucket
• Relational DBMS proficiency (i.e., Oracle, SQL Server, and DB2)
• Proficiency in SQL, PL/SQL, and related query languages

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Accountable for direct or indirect day to day management of a team of IT professionals in supporting assigned business clients / internal partners / stakeholder needs and requirements.

• Rapidly acquires new knowledge, learns new skills, and applies creative thinking to solve problems while understanding the organization’s vision, purpose and values.
• Adaptable to changing assignments and product outcomes Process and prioritization.
• Directs work of self through goal setting, time management, and planning
• Meets deadlines for work through use of time management.
• Identifies prioritization conflicts and works with PM’s, Program Managers, Senior Software Developers and leaders to resolve.
• Leverages practices to manage and simplify work, and use resources effectively Attention to Detail
• Ensures accuracy and completeness of work to maximize quality, build credibility, and avoid re-work.
• Decision-making: understands the costs and benefits of actions, and makes recommendations towards the most appropriate one, uses collaboration and judgement to form conclusions
• Seeks to understand business needs, and delivers high quality service to the business while understanding the organization’s vision, purpose and values.
• Is passionate about technology, the user experience, demonstrates inner self starter, and is accepting of and open to learning new ideas outside scope or knowledge.

Additionally, the following experience and skills would be considered an asset:

• Cloud Technologies (i.e., Azure, AWS)
• Experience with big/distributed/non-relational data technologies (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, Cassandra).
• Integration with vendor products and experience working with Third Party external companies.